ill-advisedly

adverb

In an ill-advised manner.

Meanings

adverbill-advisedly (comparative more ill-advisedly, superlative most ill-advisedly)

comparative more ill-advisedly · superlative most ill-advisedly

  1. In an ill-advised manner.

    Then somebody told him that much nearer Dublin was a seaport whence he could sooner and cheaplier embark for Italy, and in ill-advisedly trying to reach Queenstown he did indeed go helplessly astray.

    1922 February 3 [a. 1918?], Jane Barlow, “Exiles at Lisconnel”, in The Wells Journal; Somerset & West of England Advertiser; […], volume LXXII, number 5, Wells, Somerset, page [6], column 2

    Synonyms: inadvisedly, unadvisedly, unwisely

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbIn an ill-advised manner.

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